Friday, May 25, 2007

Daily Headlines: May 25, 2007

* Brazilian Health Minister Jose Temporao is behind a new alcohol prevention policy that would limit beer ads.

* Could the border barrier between Mexico and the U.S. violate a 1970 treaty between both countries?

* An ex-Peruvian soldier convicted of his role in the 1985 Accomarca massacre pled guilty to falsifying U.S. immigration documents.

* Over 100 people were arrested in the U.S. and four Latin American countries for their part in a heroin smuggling ring.

* Colombian legislators want the removal of the head of the Organization of American States' peace mission to their country.


Sources- MSNBC, ABCmoney.co.uk, Forbes, APRODEH, Dominican Today, International Herald Tribune

Image- Gringo Guides (Brazilian print ad for Brahma beer)
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:33 AM

    Are those breasts really necessary? That's the sort of image that made my parents take their daughters out of Latin America.

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  2. Erwin C.2:14 PM

    I don't know about "neccessary", but a vast majority of beer ads in the Americas rely on the old axiom- sex sells.

    Compared to other print ads (e.g. tattoo of a beer bottle over a buxom model's breasts), this one is relatively tame!

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  3. Anonymous11:04 PM

    Yikes. Meanwhile up here in Canada our beer ads feature cold mountain streams and guys playing hockey... It's just too cold up here to dress like that!

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  4. Erwin C.10:56 AM

    Nothing wrong with hockey despite the NHL's problems!

    Actually, didn't Pam Anderson's career start off as a spokesmodel for Labatt's?

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  5. Anonymous9:40 PM

    Something like that. At least she had the smarts not to become just another disposable playmate.

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